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Personal and political correspondence and enclosures [textual record]

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Date:

1851-1915.

Reference:

R10892-9-9-E

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

206740

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Samuel Rollin Hesson and family fonds

Samuel Rollin Hesson

Correspondence

Personal and political correspondence and enclosures
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Sub-series includes:

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Date(s):

1851-1915.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1.125 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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The sub-series consists of incoming correspondence with Canadian Prime Ministers, Senators, Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament, members of the Liberal Conservative Party of Canada, constituents, prospective emigrants to the Canadian North-West, notaries and barristers, merchants, stockbrokers, businessmen, renters, friends and acquaintances. Some letters also include the original outgoing letter by Samuel Rollin Hesson or other enclosures. This sub-series documents Samuel Rollin Hesson's personal, political and social activities. The political issues documented in this sub-series are: the development of the railroad in Canada (Canadian Pacific Railway, Grand Trunk Railway); Dominion land grants; the federal census; federal general elections; free trade with the United States of America; the Imperial Federation League; invention patents; the Jesuits' Estate Act (1888); Louis Riel; political patronage; the Scott Act (The Canada Temperance Act of 1878); the settlement of Manitoba and of the North-West; vacant postmasterships; vacant senatorships.

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Arrangement note:

The files are arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent, and each file is arranged in chronological order. Please note that related files are located in Vol. 17.

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Private
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R10892]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1--6;

[Consultation 90 Open]

17;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Date modified:: 2024-05-10